{"id":14024,"date":"2021-08-01T14:55:12","date_gmt":"2021-08-01T18:55:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/?p=14024"},"modified":"2023-07-24T20:46:14","modified_gmt":"2023-07-25T00:46:14","slug":"justin-trudeau-is-systematically-dismembering-canada","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/?p=14024","title":{"rendered":"Justin Trudeau is systematically dismembering Canada"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><i>\u201cDismembering Canada\u201d \u2013 Justin Trudeau and the making of his post-national state \u2013 was a five-part series looking at Canada\u2019s current finances, justice system, democratic institutions, resource economy and traditional alliances. The series written by Chris George was published in <a href=\"https:\/\/niagaraindependent.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Niagara Independent<\/a> through the month of July 2021.<br \/>\n<\/i><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-14032\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Trudeau_visit_White_House_for_USMCA_cropped-2-295x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"295\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Trudeau_visit_White_House_for_USMCA_cropped-2-295x300.jpg 295w, https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Trudeau_visit_White_House_for_USMCA_cropped-2.jpg 518w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 295px) 100vw, 295px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>From day one, Justin Trudeau has had designs to evolve Canada into a post-national state. On November 10, 2015, when Trudeau was sworn in as prime minister, he said to a <em>New York Times<\/em> interviewer that he envisioned a new kind of state: \u201cThere is no core identity, no mainstream in Canada.\u201d Canada was to be remodeled into his utopian vision: \u201cThere are shared values \u2013 openness, respect, compassion, willingness to work hard, to be there for each other, to search for equality and justice.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Since those heady days in 2015, PM Trudeau set about to dismember the country\u2019s finances, justice system, democratic institutions, resource economy, and its traditional alliances. Now six years in the Prime Minister\u2019s Office, Trudeau is well on his way to achieving his objective.<\/p>\n<p>By definition \u201cpost-nationalism\u201d pertains to a time or mindset in which the identity of a nation is no longer important. Wikipedia concisely describes post-nationalism thus: \u201cthe process or trend by which nation states\u00a0and national identities lose their importance relative to cross-nation and self-organized or supranational and global entities as well as local entities.\u201d It lists a variety of factors constituting the post-national process: shifting national economies to global ones, increasingly referencing global identities and beliefs, and transferring national authorities to multinational corporations and the United Nations.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Bankrupting the country<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-14026\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/NI_DC01-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/>One of the most alarming aspects of Trudeau\u2019s designs has been his government\u2019s spending and the fiscal straight-jacket this has placed on future governments. In that same 2015 <em>New York Times<\/em> interview, Trudeau said he knew that Canada would run annual deficits: \u201cConfident countries are willing to invest in the future, and not always follow the conservative orthodoxy of balanced budgets at all costs.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This echoed his 2015 election refrain that \u201cbudgets balance themselves.\u201d With Trudeau economics, Canada could run $10 billion deficits when the country\u2019s economic growth outpaces government expenses. However, government spending was to balloon under Trudeau and his finance minister Bill Morneau and the country\u2019s fiscal balance sheet was never to balance.<\/p>\n<p>In five years, the government ran $89.1 billion in accumulated deficits under Morneau\u2019s stewardship. Spending on federal government programs increased every year and, in total, by nearly $70 billion, or at a striking 27.2 per cent rate. This outstrips all past federal government spending, including those governments that had to respond to world wars and global recessions. It is by far the worst financial statement in Canada\u2019s history \u2014 <em>and that is before the COVID-19-impacted recession.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The Fraser Institute assessed Trudeau\u2019s pre-COVID economic record: \u201cThe Liberal mix of higher taxes, more government spending and deeper indebtedness did not result in a robust economy as promised\u2026GDP and income growth have slowed and business investment has collapsed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>All indicators and opinion surveys point to the fact that Canadians will feel increased pressures with the Trudeau government\u2019s fiscal plans. Consider that today:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>One out of every four dollars Canadians earn goes directly to the federal government (and this does not account for indirect tax payments like the carbon tax on fuel).<\/li>\n<li>The average Canadian family now spends more of its income on taxes (nearly half) than it does on basic necessities such as food, shelter, and clothing combined.<\/li>\n<li>The Trudeau government has added $10,000 of new debt for every man, woman and child in Canada during his time in office.<\/li>\n<li>Prior to the pandemic, one in two Canadians were living pay-cheque to pay-cheque, within $200 of insolvency at the end of each month (and this situation has worsened in the last year).<\/li>\n<li>A recent survey revealed half of Canadians are stressed out and lose sleep over their finances.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>To a United Nations conference, the Canadian PM explained what he was thinking, \u201cThis pandemic has provided an opportunity for a reset. This is our chance to accelerate our pre-pandemic efforts to reimagine economic systems that actually address global challenges like extreme poverty, inequality and\u00a0climate change\u2026Building back better means getting support to the most vulnerable while maintaining our momentum on reaching the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>U.N. documents for its 2030 agenda outline what Canadians can expect to see introduced with this policy direction:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>amended tax regulations for greater government control over business and individuals<\/li>\n<li>wealth taxes<\/li>\n<li>withdrawal of subsidies from fossil-fuel industry<\/li>\n<li>creation of new funding programs for green initiatives<\/li>\n<li>enactment of greater government intervention and social planning measures to tie the country\u2019s policies to U.N. policies<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Participating governments will be coached through international bodies to \u201cfuture-proofing capitalism\u201d by tightly tethering their private sector to government regulatory control.<\/p>\n<p>Combine this U.N. agenda with the global corporate tax regime recently approved at the G7 conference and it is clear Canada is establishing a tax structure tied to global objectives that will tax more and increase government control.<\/p>\n<p>The fiscal reality of PM Justin Trudeau\u2019s pursuit of a post-national dream has limited future Canadian government\u2019s policy options. Trudeau is both \u201cemptying the cupboards\u201d and he is turning over our cupboard keys to global bankers.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Undermining the judiciary<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-14027\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/NI_DC02-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/>The Trudeau government\u2019s scandalous record with respect to our country\u2019s courts and rule of law has greatly undermined both the independence and impartiality of the Canadian judiciary.<\/p>\n<p>The prime minister and his political operatives \u2013 including ministers of the Crown \u2013 have governed as if they are above the law. From manhandling the attorney general of Canada to politicizing the selection of judges, Justin Trudeau\u2019s purposeful manipulation of the country\u2019s rule of law has diminished Canada\u2019s respected courts and legal traditions. His government\u2019s flagrant miscarriages of justice are, in fact, eroding one of the fundamental underpinnings of our nation.<\/p>\n<p>The Trudeau government\u2019s most egregious affront to justice was its pressure applied on Jody Wilson Raybould when she served as Canada\u2019s most-senior judicial officer. As the country\u2019s attorney general and minister of justice, Wilson-Raybould was callously harassed and ultimately shuffled from her position when she refused the PMO directives to politically interfere in criminal proceedings against a Liberal-friendly multinational engineering firm.<\/p>\n<p>As substantiated in a federal ethics commission report on the affair, the PMO wanted Canada\u2019s attorney general to direct prosecutors to make a \u201cdeferred prosecution agreement\u201d so that SNC-Lavalin could avoid trial on $130 million bribery and fraud charges in relation to contracts in Libya. In short, Minister Wilson-Raybould was told to deal a \u201cget out of jail free\u201d card.<\/p>\n<p>When Wilson-Raybould would not follow the PMO instructions, she was shuffled and then slurred by PMO staffers. When she complained about being pushed out, Trudeau dropped her from cabinet and then had Liberal MPs exile her from their caucus. The parliamentary fireworks prompted a MP inquiry, an ethics commission inquiry, and the resignations of both PM Trudeau\u2019s BFF and loyal lieutenant Gerald Butts, and Privy Council clerk Michael Wernick.<\/p>\n<p>SNC-Lavalin ultimately had its day in court \u2013 and was found guilty as charged of bribery, fraud, and laundering the proceeds of crime. Even though this conviction was to have resulted in a 10-year ban from federal contracts, the Trudeau government gave SNC-Lavalin a special plea-bargain and continued to contract its favoured Quebec firm. In the 18 months following its conviction, SNC-Lavalin was awarded 142 government contracts with a combined worth of about $25 million. Then last year it was awarded a sole-sourced $150 million pandemic contract to design and deliver mobile health units.<\/p>\n<p>While the assault on Canada\u2019s Attorney General Office was being publicly revealed, behind closed doors another explosive judicial scandal was detonating \u2013 Canadians were about to learn more about the wrongful and politically vindicative prosecution of Vice-Admiral Mark Norman.<\/p>\n<p>As second-in-command of the Canadian Forces, in fall 2015 Mark Norman was charged by the Trudeau government with breach of trust for leaking cabinet defence secrets on shipbuilding contracts. Norman\u2019s defense claimed political interference by the PM and his inner circle and the Department of National Defence.<\/p>\n<p>For years Vice-Admiral Mark Norman was stuck in a legal quagmire that sullied his reputation, dishonouring his career and character. It was the same cast of PMO operatives involved in the SNC-Lavalin scandal \u2013 Butts and Wernick \u2013 who were managing the legal fight against Norman.<\/p>\n<p>As it was, at every turn, the federal Department of Justice played games that stonewalled Norman\u2019s defence lawyers. Then, at the eleventh hour, as the courtroom showdown was about to commence, the Crown prosecutors folded their case and the charges against the vice-admiral were stayed. Norman was given an undisclosed sum of money to keep his mouth shut.<\/p>\n<p>When news of the non-disclosure settlement deal broke, Liberal backroom strategist Warren Kinsella stated: \u201cAs in the LavScam case (SNC-Lavalin), criminal prosecutions must always be independent of politics. If the likes of Trudeau can use the criminal justice system to reward friends (like SNC-Lavalin) and punish enemies (like Norman), we will have fully become a totalitarian regime. We are no longer a true democracy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Jocelyn Bamford, founder of the Coalition of Concerned Manufacturers and Businesses of Canada, framed the issue this way, \u201cAfter Norman, we need to ask what\u2019s happening to our country. Is it just me, or does the whole thing suggest to others that we are becoming something of a banana republic?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s a good question. Both the SNC-Lavalin and Norman scandals raise serious concerns about a person\u2019s expectation for fair treatment in our Canadian legal system. Most disturbing is the fact that to this day our federal government (from the PM and PMO staff through to ministers, MPs, Crown prosecutors and senior government mandarins) has refused to explain, justify or otherwise account for what has happened. It is Kafkaesque.<\/p>\n<p>On another disturbing judicial matter, this week news broke that justice minister David Lametti had appointed four more Liberal Party donors to positions of federal judges. This news is, in fact, an on-going saga for the Trudeau government.<\/p>\n<p>In early 2020, the <i>Globe and Mail <\/i>uncovered a partisan federal Liberal network that vetted and selected judicial appointments, with weighted consideration given to their Liberal Party pedigree. Ministers, PMO staff, MPs (including St. Catharines MP Chris Bittle) and party operatives were all caught up in this clandestine operation that was established shortly after Justin Trudeau took office.<\/p>\n<p>By appointing capital \u201cL\u201d Liberal-minded judges, this Trudeau government intends to impose in the courts its progressive mindset for years into the future. It is remarkable that since November 2015, more than 475 judges have been appointed with the Trudeau government\u2019s judicial application process \u2013 and very few have had any type of public scrutiny.<\/p>\n<p>In a recent <i>Hill Times <\/i>opinion piece, Supreme Court Chief Justice Richard Wagner reminded Canadians that it is important to maintain a clear separation of the PM and Cabinet, its legislators, and the country\u2019s judiciary. \u201cThe equilibrium of all three branches of government is what gives us our vibrant democracy, strong rule of law, and robust protections for people\u2019s rights and freedoms. Judicial independence is critical to the balance,\u201d wrote Chief Justice Wagner.<\/p>\n<p>Clearly, continuing to politicize the selection of judges is sure to test Canadians\u2019 trust in an independent and impartial judiciary. And as witnessed in the Jody Wilson-Raybould-SNC-Lavalin scandal and the mock-prosecution of Mark Norman, this government\u2019s blatant disregard for the country\u2019s justice system has the potential to shatter Canadians\u2019 confidence in it.<\/p>\n<p>Given Justin Trudeau\u2019s abstraction of our country\u2019s judiciary, Canadians may wish to reflect on English statesman Sir Francis Bacon\u2019s insight: \u201cIf we do not maintain justice, justice will not maintain us.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Debasing Parliament<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-14028\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/NI_DC03-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/>Justin Trudeau\u2019s flagrant disrespect for Parliament and Canada\u2019s parliamentary traditions is purposefully creating a constitutional fog in the country. His government\u2019s repeated abuses of power are undermining the authority of our parliamentary institutions, eroding the very foundation of the country\u2019s democratic principles and practices. As MP Jody Wilson-Raybould assessed when she announced that she would not run again for Parliament, much has changed for the worst in the six years Justin Trudeau has been in office.<\/p>\n<p>The government\u2019s recent unprecedented move to take the Speaker of the House of Commons to court to challenge the supremacy of Parliament\u2019s legislative authority is an indication of the extent to which PM Trudeau desires unfettered authority. In the history of our country, never has there been a government that has blatantly defied Parliament \u2013 and attempted to overturn it. Yet, in the case of the Trudeau government\u2019s desire to conceal the coronavirus activities in the National Microbiology Laboratory in Winnipeg, parliamentarian principles and MPs democratic rights are being trampled.<\/p>\n<p>Last month the House of Commons ordered the Trudeau government to hand over unredacted documents from the Winnipeg lab that related to the research and firing of two scientists with Communist China ties. When the government declined to forward the requested files to MPs, it was held in contempt of Parliament. Then Public Health Agency of Canada president, Iain Stewart, defied MPs and he too was found in contempt. The government followed this by launching a lawsuit against the Speaker to have a court of law block any parliamentarian order to produce the documents.<\/p>\n<p>Aside from leaving many unanswered questions about the joint Canada-China coronavirus research, the government\u2019s extraordinary step to sue the head officer of the House of Commons raises multiple issues about elected representatives\u2019 rights to hold to account a prime minister and his cabinet.<\/p>\n<p>Steve Chaplin, former senior parliamentary counsel for the House of Commons, explained in a CBC interview the very crux of the matter, \u201cParliamentary privilege is constitutional and the privileges and the whole Westminster system of government, where the government is accountable to Parliament for everything that it does, is part of that system\u2026It\u2019s not the court\u2019s business to step into it, and for the government to ask the courts to do it\u00a0violates the Bill of Rights of 1689.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As it stands today, the Trudeau government will continue to defy and delay and when the prime minister calls the election all demands for documents will be considered dissolved, requiring MPs to reintroduce the motions in the next Parliament. And should this all unfold as suggested, Trudeau\u2019s subversive tactics will have thwarted Canadian democratic rights.<\/p>\n<p>One of the primary functions of Parliament \u2013 its fiduciary duties to oversee government spending \u2013 has been disrupted in the last six years. The rights of parliamentarians to oversee government spending dates back to 1215 and the signing of the Magna Carta. However, the Trudeau government has found ways around the budgetary process to take at will from the public purse.<\/p>\n<p>In June 2018, ignoring due process, a majority Trudeau government voted itself $7 billion to spend as it saw fit, without any necessary report to parliament until sometime after the 2019 federal election. Through the pandemic, the Trudeau cabinet was given free rein to spend what was needed to respond to the health crisis (resulting in the largest per-capita spending spree in the world). This government also went two years between federal budgets, without reporting its expenditures or it fiscal plans to parliamentarians.<\/p>\n<p>Following its 2021 federal budget, the government found ways to sidestep expenditure reviews. Remarkably, more than $41.4 billion in spending occurred without MPs\u2019 review \u2013 and this included an additional $17.1 billion of supplementary spending estimates.<\/p>\n<p>Parliamentary Budget Officer Yves Giroux was very concerned about the lack of review, \u201cThe power of the purse resides with the House of Commons\u2026It\u2019s a lot of money. Those are big-spending departments. And the fact that they (MPs) are not even showing up on a principal duty, it\u2019s got to be symbolic of something that the system is completely broken.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This disfunction has allowed the Liberals to operate without repercussions. The recent Ottawa mischief that Liberal MPs are attempting to sweep under the rug has Justin Trudeau\u2019s childhood friend Tom Pitfield being siphoned millions of taxpayers\u2019 dollars to assist Liberal MPs with their voter databases. Pitfield is a senior Liberal campaign strategist who is being paid by the Liberal Party of Canada \u2013 but he is also providing database management services for MPs\u2019 constituency work.<\/p>\n<p>Much like the We Charity scandal, the Liberals have employed procedural tactics to avoid closer scrutiny of their misdeeds in pilfering the public purse for their own benefit. So, the failure of MPs to conduct traditional parliamentary reviews of government expenditures has essentially amounted to giving Justin Trudeau and his ministers a blank cheque.<\/p>\n<p>Another cherished cornerstone in our country\u2019s democracy is being dislodged by Justin Trudeau and his careless regard for the sanctity of the Canadian Charter of Rights. In May, Quebec premier Francois Legault introduced legislation that will bring sweeping measures to reinforce the French language within the province. He also pronounced his intention to rewrite certain sections of the Canadian Constitution that would assert La Belle Province as a sovereign \u201cnation.\u201d The premier will guarantee his measures with the use of the notwithstanding clause.<\/p>\n<p>This direct affront to Canada\u2019s Charter of Rights and established principles of bilingualism was met with approval by the PM. Trudeau stated it is \u201cperfectly legitimate\u201d for Quebec to unilaterally rewrite the section of the Canadian Constitution pertaining to its province.<\/p>\n<p>The PM\u2019s cavalier approach has been criticized from all sides \u2013 including by former PM Jean Chretien\u2019s chief of staff Eddie Goldstein, who fears Trudeau is prying open a pandora\u2019s box. Goldstein penned a scathing Globe and Mail editorial of PM Trudeau\u2019s constitutional gambit, opening with, \u201cInstitutional memory is a fundamental prerequisite to good government.\u201d (This sentence exposes the core issue with our PM: Trudeau has no regard for the country\u2019s institutions and, therefore, is proving a wholly inadequate steward of the Canadian state.)<\/p>\n<p>The PM\u2019s disrespect displayed for Parliament, MPs\u2019 rights, the Charter, and our constitution are all too regular. Justin Trudeau repeatedly debases Canada\u2019s democratic institutions suggesting we are a country built on \u201ca system of colonialism, discrimination, of systemic racism in all our institutions.\u201d His actions and narrative have emboldened those who wish to question the legitimacy of Canada\u2019s seat of government, and of the country itself.<\/p>\n<p>As a final word, consider a widely respected MP\u2019s recent observation on the current condition of Canada\u2019s Parliament. Last week former Justice Minister Jody Wilson-Raybould announced she will not seek re-election and she was specific on her reasons for departing the Ottawa scene: \u201cFrom my seat in the last six years, I have noticed a change in Parliament, a regression\u2026It has become more and more toxic and ineffective while simultaneously marginalizing individuals from certain backgrounds. Federal politics is, in my view, increasingly a disgraceful triumph of harmful partisanship over substantive action.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Devastating Canada&#8217;s resource economy\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-14029\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/NI_DC04-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/>The globalists and environmental activists in the government of Justin Trudeau have been methodically deconstructing Canada\u2019s natural resources sector and establishing a state-interventionist economy. PM Trudeau himself is intent on redesigning capitalism and advancing an international green agenda. He has quickened the country\u2019s pace towards these end goals under the cover of the COVID-19 pandemic crisis.<\/p>\n<p>On many occasions Justin Trudeau has publicly tied the country\u2019s pandemic recovery to the World Economic Forum\u2019s The Great Reset and the United Nations 2030 objectives. In his U.N. appearance last September, Trudeau gave a clear indication that the path he was leading Canadians down was one that his government had embarked on prior to COVID-19. Trudeau stated: \u201cThis pandemic has provided an opportunity for a reset. This is our chance to accelerate our pre-pandemic efforts to reimagine economic systems\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As the prime minister and his Deputy PM Chrystia Freeland have often mused, the pandemic is \u201can opportunity\u201d to further their government\u2019s agenda.<\/p>\n<p>The Trudeau government agenda is anti-resource development and, expressly, anti-oil and gas sector. Its natural resource development approach has had a dramatic, negative impact on both large and small resource companies. Calgary-based news agency, Second Street, factors that $213 billion in resource development projects have been lost to Canadians since 2014. The Enbridge Northern Gateway and TC Energy East projects were scrapped due to uncertain regulatory delays and there has been a mass exodus of drilling companies from western Canada.<\/p>\n<p>Just prior to the pandemic, the country\u2019s resource economy was rocked with the announcements of the cancellation of the $20.6 billion Teck Frontier mine project and the collapse of financing for the $9 billion Energie Saguenay pipeline and liquified natural gas project.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the facts that there are one million jobs and nearly a quarter of all Canadian exports dependent on a healthy oil and gas industry, the Trudeau government has pursued an energy policy course that is intent on curtailing future development. In June 2019, prior to the last federal election, the Trudeau government passed into law two controversial and damaging measures: first, Bill C-69 established an unparalleled, onerous federal environmental assessment process for major resource projects in Canada; and second, Bill C-48 placed a moratorium on Canadian oil tanker activity along the BC coast \u2013 effectively cutting off the Asian market to Canadian energy producers.<\/p>\n<p>Since Trudeau took office, his government\u2019s statements and actions have delivered irreparable blows to investor confidence in Canadian energy projects. Recent Statistics Canada data reveals that, since 2015, investment in 10 of our 15 major business sectors has dropped by 17 per cent, as both Canadian and foreign investors have headed elsewhere.<\/p>\n<p>In place of Canada\u2019s attractive resource sectors, PM Trudeau and a cadre of his senior ministers have designed a green energy plan to drive the country\u2019s future prosperity. Canadians are being told that the government will \u201cbuild back better\u201d the country\u2019s economic fortunes with a bold, progressive environmental agenda. With $109 billion of government investment in the next decade, the Liberal plan will create in excess of six million green jobs and support $790 billion worth of \u201cgreen\u201d initiatives.<\/p>\n<p>This green energy plan that is to revive \u2013 and reset \u2013 the Canadian economy is illusory on multiple levels. Here are four obvious ones:<\/p>\n<p>#1 &#8212; The plan requires considerable private sector investment of nearly $700 billion that is just not there. For every one dollar the government is to invest, the Trudeau government is looking to encourage the private sector to invest six dollars. As it has discovered with its failed Canada Infrastructure Bank, the private sector is reluctant to partner with government, especially one that is increasingly interventionist and unattractive to foreign investors.<\/p>\n<p>#2 &#8212; The Liberals\u2019 plan is tied to unrealistic carbon emission reduction targets. Canada missed its Copenhagen 2020 targets and, according to a recent U.N. Emissions Gap Report, the country is set to miss its next emissions target in 2030 by 15 per cent. The fact is, under this Trudeau government stewardship, Canada\u2019s emissions have actually risen.<\/p>\n<p>Yet, this government has pledged that the country will meet net zero emissions by 2050 and it has further set interim targets without any details on how they will be achieved. For example, a report released this week by the C.D. Howe Institute states that in order for Canada to meet its targets, the government will have to ensure there will be three electric cars for every four cars sold by 2030. Is this realistic given current vehicle sales and the existing electric-charge station network?<\/p>\n<p>#3 &#8212; One of the key components of the green energy plan is a mounting carbon tax that will alter Canadians\u2019 energy consumption behaviours. The tax is to raise gas prices for commuters and personal travel. It will raise fuel prices to heat homes. It increases costs for our farmers, manufacturers, and truckers \u2013 and, as a result, the carbon tax will raise the price of all groceries and consumer goods. So, by design, the carbon tax will significantly increase the cost of living for all Canadians \u2013 and this will bring about the change in behaviour.<\/p>\n<p>In a June 2021 report, the Parliamentary Budget Office (PBO) provided an analysis of the economic impact of the government\u2019s plan to reach net zero carbon emissions targets in 2050 and, unsurprisingly, this plan is certain to negatively impact the economy. More significantly, the PBO found the government targets can only realistically be reached by raising the carbon tax five times greater than it is currently scheduled through 2030 (this would result in approximately $160 of additional carbon taxes every time Canadians filled up their vehicle).<\/p>\n<p>#4 &#8212; This green energy plan will only be sustainable with continuous government subsidies. The Trudeau government\u2019s green initiatives neither factor their costs nor their return on investment \u2013 there is an assumption that the budget will balance itself. In an internal memo, Department of Natural Resources reviewed the \u201cmarket failure\u201d of current Canada\u2019s solar, wind, and geothermal industries and it concluded that \u201cmost projects would not have been financially viable\u201d without the support of more than $1.4 billion of government subsidies.<\/p>\n<p>In attempting to understand the underlining rationale with the Trudeau Liberals\u2019 green energy plan, consider the recent announcement by senior cabinet minister Catherine McKenna that she would not be running in the upcoming election. In a fawning media interview, the former environment minister made a lucid observation that government does not have the financial means to underwrite the Liberals\u2019 green energy plan; however, there is ample private sector cash that must be invested. Much like Chyrstia Freeland\u2019s expressed desire to access the savings accounts of individual Canadians, McKenna posits the government use regulatory control to shake lose the needed cash from private sector businesses to pay for the country\u2019s green initiatives.<\/p>\n<p>In a Financial Post editorial, Matthew Lau seized on McKenna\u2019s suggestion: \u201cMcKenna speaks of spending money to build the future Canadians want, but she is doing no such thing. Instead of letting Canadians spend their own money to build the future they want, she is spending their money to build the future she thinks they ought to want, which is really just the future she wants. It is a future in which Canadians are less prosperous and free.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In Lau\u2019s summary he captures the sad ironies of the Liberals\u2019 green energy plan. Indeed, this is the devastating course Justin Trudeau is pursuing in gutting Canada\u2019s natural resources sector and imposing his \u201creset\u201d on the country\u2019s economy.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Realigning international alliances<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-14030\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/NI_DC05-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/>In Prime Minister Justin Trudeau\u2019s first appearance on the international stage, he blurted out, \u201cWe\u2019re back.\u201d This exclamation was to suggest Canada was about to resume its traditional roles with its trusted allies in furthering democratic and western values around the world. Yet, the government\u2019s actions over the last six years indicate this PM has done the exact opposite of expectations and has upset Canada\u2019s reliable position in global affairs.<\/p>\n<p>During the post-world war era Canada emerged as a steady middle-power that was consummate in its soft diplomacy and adept at leveraging its alliances with the United States, the Commonwealth, and western European countries. After six years of Justin Trudeau\u2019s foreign diplomacy, this profile is soiled. The global community seems uncertain of Canada, evident by losing bids for council seats at the United Nations. At home, an Angus Reid survey taken last summer revealed that two-in-five Canadians believe our reputation on the world stage has worsened in recent years.<\/p>\n<p>Of great concern is the eroded confidence and trust that Canada\u2019s closest ally and largest partner, the United States, has for its \u201cfriendly neighbour\u201d to the north. Remarkably, the election of President Joe Biden resulted in a widening gap between the countries\u2019 governing politicians. The divergence can be traced in part to U.S. protectionism, and in part to suspicions in Washington of Canada\u2019s growing relationship with China.<\/p>\n<p>As the world begins to shake free of the COVID-19 crisis, the thrust of America\u2019s economic policies are seemingly becoming more parochial. Unlike the special trade relationships forged during the Mulroney-Reagan and Chretien-Bush eras, the Trudeau government cannot depend on its friendship with the Biden Democrats.<\/p>\n<p>Justin Trudeau may speak highly of Joe Biden, yet this presidency has already seriously impacted the Canadian economy. The first act of the new president was the cancellation of Keystone XL pipeline which dealt a serious blow to western Canadians. Today, President Biden will not step up to guarantee uninterrupted oil supply to Canada through Line 5. Moreover, the countries have multiple trade irritants: softwood lumber, aluminum, dairy supply management, and grain grading. In Congress, the Democrats are working with the president to pass \u201cBuy American\u201d provisions and a new infrastructure package that will not offer exemptions to Canadian companies and workers.<\/p>\n<p>These troublesome trade matters are unfolding as American politicians debate U.S.-China relations. The two issues intersect with the special congressional hearings on China and the committee\u2019s investigation of Canada\u2019s economic and diplomatic relations with the Chinese Communist Party. This has led to both Republican and Democrat politicians questioning the trustworthiness of a Canadian alliance. There is concern about the Canadian government\u2019s unwillingness to reveal the facts behind the two Communist Chinese scientists\u2019 virus research at the federal laboratory in Winnipeg; Canada\u2019s hold-out as the only country in the five-eyes intelligence group not to ban or restrict Huawei 5G technology; and, its repeated delays and apparent hesitancy in fulfilling its security and defence obligations.<\/p>\n<p>It is a point of contention that Canada no longer pulls its weight with NATO or NORAD and it has failed to invest in the country\u2019s self-defence. With respect to NATO, Canada has abandoned its commitment to spend two per cent of the national GDP target for defence spending. It is avoiding the start of talks about NORAD, the first line of North American defence from an arctic attack, which is in immediate need of an upgrade from the existing 1980s radars. In Canada, there are open calls for our withdrawal from both defence alliances \u2013 and this been noted by our allies.<\/p>\n<p>The Trudeau government is consistently vacillated on all matters of the country\u2019s military. An overdue decision has just been further delayed on the purchase of 88 new fighter jets to replace Canada\u2019s aging CF-18 fleet. Final decisions have long been pending to acquire 15 ships to replace aged destroyers and frigates as well as new submarines for Canada\u2019s perpetually drydocked fleet. Comically, the government is waffling to replace Second World War-era pistols for the Canadian Forces.<\/p>\n<p>As PM Trudeau neglects the country\u2019s historic strategic partners, his government is forging new working relations with Communist China. Trade between the two countries is increasing \u2013 gaining more than eight per cent through the pandemic. Chinese are buying up Canadian companies, natural resources and land at record pace. Meanwhile, Canada\u2019s investment in China is increasing, providing millions of dollars to Chinese research and foreign aid. Also, the Canadian Pension Plan (CPP) has now invested more than 11 per cent of Canadians\u2019 savings in China.<\/p>\n<p>PM Trudeau has also been careful to nurture the countries\u2019 diplomatic ties. One recent example is the Trudeau government payment in advance to China for a vaccine that the China government reneged on without repayment. Despite the fact the two Michaels have languished in China prisons for almost 1,000 days, PM Trudeau has been near silent. He has also been uncomfortably quiet on Communist China\u2019s human rights abuses from Uyghur Muslims to Hong Kong democrat leaders.<\/p>\n<p>During Trudeau\u2019s term in office, Canada\u2019s realignment from trusted U.S. neighbour and western ally to Communist China chum has occurred with little notice or concern by Canadians. Likewise, the Canadian government\u2019s ratification of U.N. agreements has left many unaware of how Trudeau is relinquishing our national authority to international bodies and their agendas.<\/p>\n<p>In this last Parliament, the Trudeau government announced Canada\u2019s new immigration and refugee targets that reflect the U.N.\u2019s \u201copen borders\u201d and migration policies. It just aligned federal laws with the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, which will obligate the country to international courts of law. Most recently, Canada signed onto a plan to internationally regulate the taxing of corporations. Trudeau has been active on the world stage donating Canadian money to U.N. feminist and abortion programs in the third world \u2013 and tying further development aid to the acceptance of those U.N. programs.<\/p>\n<p>PM Trudeau has also taken centre stage at recent U.N. meetings to cheerlead <i>The Great Reset<\/i> \u2013 the U.N.\u2019s World Economic Forum plan to refashion capitalism and advance a new green agenda. Though the PM will suggest to Canadians that any talk of <i>The Great Reset<\/i> is a conspiracy theory, it is now coming to light that the PM, Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland and Liberal celebrity Mark Carney are all playing central roles in the World Economic Forum. Pivotal to achieving the U.N.\u2019s work is to cede nations\u2019 sovereign interests and authority to internationally binding commitments.<\/p>\n<p>The Trudeau government has offered up Canada as an example for all governments to advance towards a post-national state. According to the master plan, the Canada of tomorrow is not a nation with strategic allies and trade partners, it is a group of people adhering to international interests.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>The upcoming federal election will allow for Canadians to pass judgement on Justin\u2019s Trudeau\u2019s vision of Canada. Whether it is Canada\u2019s international position, justice system, economy, or the authority of Parliament, on multiple fronts Trudeau continues to dismember the country. With each of the PM\u2019s activities, it is as if he is picking and unravelling the threads of a twined rope \u2013 to eventually work loose the tethers to our country\u2019s foundations.\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>It is essential for Canadians to realize that this next election is a vote for our country as a nation, or Justin Trudeau\u2019s post-national design.\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>Chris George, providing reliable PR counsel and effective advocacy. Need a go-to writer or experienced communicator? 613-983-0801 @\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/cgacommunications.com\/m\/\">CG&amp;A COMMUNICATIONS<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cDismembering Canada\u201d \u2013 Justin Trudeau and the making of his post-national state \u2013 was a five-part series looking at Canada\u2019s current finances, justice system, democratic institutions, resource economy and traditional alliances. The series written by Chris George was published in The Niagara Independent through the month of July 2021. 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